Charles Nolin

Charles Nolin (2 March 1838 – 28 January 1907) was a Métis farmer and political organiser noted for his role in the opposition of the North-West Rebellion of 1885. Along with his first cousin Louis Riel, Nolin initially advocated taking up arms in order to resolve Métis grievances with the Canadian government, but changed his stance following Riel's estrangement from the Roman Catholic clerics of the Saint-Laurent mission. With his statements and testimonies during Riel's trial, he is said to have contributed to Riel's sentence of death. Charles Nolin opposed Riel in 1870, and also in 1885. He was elected as the member for Batoche, Northwest Territories in the 1891 election actively supporting the Dominion government. He was forced out of office a year later by court order.Charles Nolin was born in 1838 at Saint Boniface. He was the son of Augustin Nolin and Helen Ann Cameron. His father fought on the British side at Michilimackinac during the War of 1812. Charles married Marie-Anne Harrison, the daughter of Thomas Harrison and Pauline Lagimoniere, a cousin of Louis Riel. She died and he remarried to Rosalie Lépine, the daughter of Jean-Baptiste Lépine and Isabelle Parenteau, the niece of Ambroise and Maxime Lépine, on August 27, 1878 at Ste. Anne, Manitoba. Rosalie died on May 22, 1927 in Onion Lake District, Saskatchewan, at age 78.